Phonograph.



No. 638,674. Patantad Dec. 5, I899. L. ROSENTHAL.

PHONOGBAPH.

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PHUNOGRAPH. (Application filed Aug. 10, 1899.)

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PHONOGBAPH.

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L. RDSENTHAL. PHUNOGRAPH.

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L OUIS ROSENTI-IAL, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

PHONOGRAPH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,674., dated December 189 Application filed August 10,1899. Serial No. 726,759. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that I, LOUIS ROSENTHAL,1naI1- ufacturer, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of 6 Ruckertstrasse, Frankfort-on-the-Main, in the German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Connected with Phonographs and Like Apparatus, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to phonographs and like apparatus, and has for one of its objects to provide means whereby on the insertion of a coin or token a crank or equivalent operating device is put into such connection with the winding mechanism of a spring or other motor actuating the phonograph or the like that thesaid motor can be wound up. The motor is stopped bya lever mechanism which is connected with or operates a lever which is depressed by the weight of the ear piece or pieces when it or they is or are suspended therefrom, thereby stopping the motor. When the earpiece or pieces is or are removed, the lever rises and releases the motor, which then operates the phonograph or the like. On the spring-barrel of the motor or other suitable moving part is a projection which after the spring has been wound up separates the connection between the crank or the like and the motor, and thus prevents the apparatus from being again wound up without the insertion of another coin or token. A lever or the like maybe combined with themotor, by

' means of which lever or the like when the winding is effected a bell or other visible or audible signal will be actuated to indicate that the apparatus is ready for use.

The whole apparatus when arranged for being actuated by a coin or token as aforesaid may be arranged in a casing which may be similar to that of a telephonic instrument, which instrument this apparatus can be made to resemble in appearance especially if the crank or operating device and the ear piece or pieces and also the signal-bell-(it used) be shaped and arranged like those of a telephone, thus facilitating its use by the public.

An incandescent lamp may be arranged in the casing, which said lamp is maintained at incandescence while the phonograph is actuated by the circuit of the said lamp being completed on the insertion of a coin or token.

By this means a picture having reference to the work of'the phonograph or the like or an advertisement can be exhibited.

The apparatus, with its mechanism, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan of the whole apparatus with the top carriage and sound-box removed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus, showing the transporting-carriage. Fig. 3

shows inperspective the stopping m eohanis n1 employed. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the carriage with the roller hereinafter described. Fig. 5 is a frontelevation of the apparatus, showing the hopper g for the reception of a coin and the sound-box h. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the sound-box 71., showing a spring for steadying the said box laterally.

Fig. 7 shows in elevation and section the driving-crank with its connecting-tappet. Fig.8 is a perspective view showing the releasing mechanism forthe toothed wheel. Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 10 illustrates a regulator or governor employed for controlling the clockwork. Fig. 11 is an interior elevation of the upper portion of the casing with the hell or gong hammer, hooklever for the earpiece, and the electric-lighting device' Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the complete apparatus.

The coin on being passed through the slot A, provided in the casing, drops into the hopper g on the end of one arm of a lever '11-, depressing the said arm and thereby raising the other arm, which is provided with a counterweight 0. The lever in this movement by means of a connection 1) draws up a lever q, causing a bolt 1' to rise, Figs. 2, 5, and 8, and release a bolt 28, which bolt under the influence of a spring 5, Fig. 1, mounted thereon and previously kept in tension, moves a wound up, which on being released in the mannerhereinafterdescribed turns,by means of the worm-gear y y, the sound-plate z, and thus reproduces the sounds.

The clockwork is released in the following manner: Upon an extension of the windingshaft 1 of the spring-barrel at a cam-disk 2, Figs. 1 and 9, is mounted, the cam 3 of which upon each revolution of the disk turns a starwheel at, adjacent thereto, to the extent of one tooth. As the cam 3 engages with the last tooth of the said star-wheel at a cam or tappet 5, mounted thereon, meets a pin 7, fast on a bolt 6, and in its movement pushes the bolt forward against the action of a coiled spring 8 in such a manner that the said bolt comes into the position represented in Fig. 9.

On the front part of the bolt 6 a catch 9 is pivotally secured, which is adapted to engage a lug 10, fixed on the base-plate of the apparatus, thereby retaining the bolt 6 in its forward position. On the bolt 6 a spring 11 is arranged, which checks the regulator 12 of the clockwork, which is released by pushing the bolt 6 forward. The spring 11 acts by engaging against and between the spring-arms of the regulator or governor, said arms carrying the weights, which fly outward by centrifugal action. On the bolt 6 is also a pin 13, which by sliding in contact with an inclined plane 1 1 of an angle-piece 15 causes the latter to rock on its pivot, whereby the hell-pull, Fig. 11, is putin motion by the connection m, the sounding of which bell indicates the moment at which the user should unhook the earpiece, as the mechanism will now be in motion. If subsequently the earpiece is removed from its hook a, the weight on the lever b and line I) being thus removed, the spring 17, connected with an angle-piece 16, pulls back a bolt 18. On this bolt 18 is a spring 19, which as it slides back will on its part release the regulator 12. This spring 19 acts against'aud between the spring-arms of the regulator in a manner similar to spring 11.

The sound-box h, which had been previously held in an upward or raised position by a pin 21, projecting from one of a set of levers 20, bearing upon a cam 22 of a camdisk 23, Figs. 2 and 5, is now lowered, so that its stylus 72. rests upon the sound-plate .2 by the rotation of the cam-disk 23 and remains upon the said sound-plate until the cam-disk 23 has completed its revolution, when the pin 21 is again raised by the cam The spring-barrel a; simultaneously by the aid of the gearing 41; 03 turns the toothed cylinder 24, mounted loosely upon a shaft, and this cylinder by the aid of an intermediate toothed wheel 25 rot-ates a curved drum 26. This latter is so arranged as to push a sliding rod 27 against the bolt 28 (see Figs. 1, 2, 5, and 8) as soon as the mechanism is started. The bolt 28 so pushed back by means-of fork 29, actuated by the same, then causes the toothed wheelZ to retire in' such a manner that the pin of the crank-shaft 7t, Fig. 7, becomes disengaged from the said wheel and the crank again runs idle until by the insettion of a fresh com the toothed wheel Zcan again be operated. The bolt 28 is then stopped by the aid of the swinging bolt r, the spring 8 being in compression, and the toothed wheel I is retained in its inoperative position.

Against the curved edge of the drum 26 a roller or pin 1, Figs. 1, 2, and 4:, is applied, which is mounted on a carriage e for transporting the sound-box h and which moves the carriage forward as the drum is rotated. When the carriage c has reached its outermost point, the roller f becomes free upon further rotation of the drum 26, and the carriage e and the sound-box h are returned to their original positions by the spiral spring 30. At the same time the carriage e releases the swinging catch 9, Figs. 2, 3, and 9, by the aid of a nose 31, whereupon the bolt 6 returns to the original position under the action of the spring 8 and again stops the regulator 12 and the clockwork connected therewith by means of the spring 11. The further stoppage of the mechanism is then effected in the manner already described by placing the earpiece on the hook a. In order to prevent the regulator 12, and jointly therewith the clockwork, from being stopped by the spring 19,

owing to the premature hooking of the ear-- piece on its lever, the double lever 16 is retained during the action of the clockwork by an oscillating trap 32, Figs. 1 and 2, mounted on the framework and adapted to be released upon the return of the carriage after it has traveled its full distance forward. The trap 32 in its normal working position retains the bolt 18 by its face contacting with the shoulder 70 on the end of said bolt; but when the carriage e has completed its return journey the said carriage strikes against the edge of the trap, causing the same to rock on its pivot and bringing the. opening 71 therein into a position to allow the bolt 18 to pass therethrough, whereupon the regulator is locked by the spring 19. Thus it will be seen the latch is disengaged from behind the shoulder by the action of the carriage e striking against the side of the latch on its return to its starting-point.

To insure a support ,[or the sound-box 7L, while not impeding its lateral movements, its bracket 33 is held in position at both sides by means of a spring or springs '6, Fig. 6.

The general operation of the apparatus as a whole is as follows: By the insertion of a coin into the slot A of the apparatus the lever 72. is rocked on its pivot, raising the lever q and bolt 0', so that the bolt 28 is released: and moved by the springs, (previously in compression,) and the fork 29 on the said bolt 28 causes the toothed wheel Z to engage with the crank-shaft It The clockwork can then he wound up. The release of the clockwork takes place after a complete revolution of the star-wheel 4 by the withdrawal of the spring 11 on the bolt 6 and the spring 19 on the bolt 18, the latter movement being effected by the IIO eeaeve 3 removal of the earpiece from its hook. The movement of the bolt 6 also rings the bell c, informing the user that the phonograph has commenced workin On the release of the regulator the shaft Z, with its sound-plate Z, is rotated by the clockwork, the sound-box being also lowered, with its stylus, so that the latter rests on the said sound-plate by the rotation of the cam-disk 23 through gearing as x 25, the pin 21 droppingfrom the cam 22. At the same time the curved drum 26 is rotated, whereby through the rod 27 the bolt 28 is pushed back, being retained by the bolt 'r, and the toothed wheel 1 is again disengaged from the crank-shaft K. The curved drum in its rotation causes, through the bolt f, the requisite forward movement of the carriage e and sound-box h, the return of the same being obtained by the spring 30. In this backward movement the nose 31 on the carriage e releases the bolt 9, so that the spring 11 again comes against the regulator and stops the clockwork. This is effected in the following manner: Catch 9 has a trip 60 pivoted thereto, Fig. 1. On the return movement of the carriage the nose 31 engages the under side of trip 60, thus lifting the catch 9, a pin 61 (shown in dotted lines, Figs. 2 and 9) acting to limit the movement of trip 60 from left to right. When the carriage is moved in the other direction, the trip 60 swings freely on its pivot, allowing the nose to pass, the bent wire 62 serving to prevent unnecessary movement in this direction.

During the working of the apparatus an electric light, Fig. 11, may be brought to incandescence, so that any suitable graphic representation, picture, or advertisement will become illuminated in front of the user. This is eflected in the following manner:

The cam'disk 23, Figs. 1, 2, and 5, which is made of a good conductor of electricity, is connected with one pole of a battery B by a conductor 50, leading through the incandescent lamp, Fig. 11, to the frame of the machine, Fig. 2, to said disk. The other pole is connected by a conductor 51, Figs. 11 and 2, with the binding-post of a contact 34., having a part bearing against the cam-disk 25. The said disk 23 is provided at one part of its surface with an ebonite plate 35, (see Figs. 1,2, and 5,) which comes against the contact when the mechanism and the disk are at rest. Battery I3 is supported by a bracket B, Fig. 11.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. In a coin controlled graphophone or sound-reproducing apparatus, the combination with a driving-motor embracing mechanism for storing up energy, means for actuating said mechanism, coin-operated devices for throwing said means into operative relation with said mechanism,sound-reproducing devices, an earpiece or receiver connected with said reproducing devices, a detent normally preventing the operation of the motor, and a movable support for the earpiece or receiver adapted upon removal of the earpiece there from to withdraw said detent and release the motor, substantially as described.

2. In apparatus of the kind described, the combination with a driving-motor embracing mechanism for storing up energy, means for actuating said mechanism,coin-operated devices for throwing said means into operative relation with said mechanism, a detent normally preventing the operation of the motor, means acting to automatically withdraw said detent upon the storing up of a predetermined amount of energy, a second detent normally preventing the operation of the motor, soundreproducing devices, an earpiece or.receiver connected with said reproducing devices, a movable supportfor said earpiece or receiver adapted uponthe removal of the latter to withdraw said second detent and release the motor.

3. In apparatus of the kind described, the combination with a driving-motor embracing mechanism for storing up energy, means for actuating said mechanism, coin-operated devices for throwing said means into operative relation with said mechanism, a signal, a detent normally preventing the operation of the motor, means acting to automatically withdraw said detent and actuate said signal upon the storing up of a predetermined amount of energy, a second detent normally preventing the operation of the motor,sound-reproducing devices, an earpiece or receiver connected with said reproducing devices, a movable support for said earpiece or receiver adapted upon the removal of the latter to withdraw said second detent and release the motor.

4. In a coin controlled graphophone or sound-reproducing apparatus, the combina tion with a driving-motorembracing mechanism for storing up energy, means for actuatin g said mechanism, coin-operated devices for throwing said means into operative relation with said mechanism, sound-reproducing devices, an earpiece or receiver connected with said reproducing devices, a detent normally preventing the operation of the motor, a movable support for the said earpiece or receiver adapted upon removal of the latter to withdraw said detent, and means for automatically locking said detent in its withdrawn position while the machine completes a cycle of its operation.

5. In a coin controlled graphophone or sound-reproducing apparatus, the combination with a driving-m otor embracing mechanism for storing up energy, means for actuatin g said mechanism, coin-operated devices for throwing said means into operative relation with said mechanism, sound reproducing mechanism embracing a carriage, means driven by the motor for advancing the same, and means for automatically returning the carriage to its starting-point upon its reach-' ing the limit of itsadvance movement; an

earpiece or receiver connected with said reproducing devices, a detent normally prevent in g the operation of the motor, a movable support for the earpiece connected with the detent and adapted upon removal of the earpiece to withdraw the detent and release the motor, means acting automatically to lock the detent in its withdrawn position, said looking means being so located as to be acted upon by the carriage on its return movement to release the detent.

6. In a coin controlled graphophone or sound-reproducing apparatus, the combination with a driving-motor embracing mechanism -for storing up energy, means for actual:- in g said mechanism, coin-operated devices for throwing said means into operative relation with said mechanism, sound reproducing mechanism embracing a carriage, means driven by the motor for advancing the same, and means for automatically returning" the carriage to its starting-point upon its reaching the limit of its advance movement; an earpiece or receiver connected with said reproducing devices, a detent normally preventing the operation of the motor, a movable support for the earpiece connected with the detent and adapted upon removal of the carpiece to withdraw the detent and release the motor, and means actuated by the return of the carriage to throw the mechanism for storing up energy and its actuating means out of operative relation.

'7. In a coin controlled graphophone or sound-reproducing apparatus, the combination with a motor, means for winding up the same, a spring-actuated clutch for connecting said means with the motor, coin-actuated devices orlevers for releasing said clutch, soundreproducing devices, an earpiece or receiver in communication with the same, a pivoted lever supporting and adapted to be depressed at one end by the weight of the earpiece, a spring-actuated detent connected with the other end of said lever and normally held out of engagement with the motor by the tension of its actuating-spring but adapted to be moved into engagement with and prevent the operation of the motor by the action of the supporting-lever when depressed by the earpiece.

8. In a coin-controlled graphophone or sound-reproducing apparatus, the combina tion with a driving-motor, of a crank for winding up the same, a spring-actuated clutch for connecting the crank with the motor, a latch for normally holding said clutch out of engagement with the crank against the tension of its actuating-spring, coin-actuated levers adapted to operate said latch to release the clutch, a detent normally in engagement with and acting to prevent the operation of the motor, a spring-actuated slide carrying said detent, means operating upon the winding up of the motor to a predetermined point to advance said slide against the tension of its spring and withdraw its detent from engagement with the motor, means acting to auto= matically retain the slide in its advanced position, sound-reproducing devices, an earpiece or receiver in com munication therewith, a movable support for said earpiece adapted to be depressed by the weight thereof, a sec; oud detent adapted to engage the motor and prevent operation thereof, connections be tween said detent and the movable support whereby the detent is adapted to be held in engagement with the motor while the support is depressed, and means for withdrawing the second detent from such engagement to release the motor upon the removal of the car'- piece from its support.

9. In a coin-controlled graphophon'e or sound-reproducing apparatus, the combination with a driving-motor, of a crank for winding the same, a spring-actuated clutch for connecting the crank with the motor, a latch for normally holding said clutch out of engagement with the crank against the tension of its actuating-spring, coin-actuated levers adapted to operate said latch to release the clutch, a detent normally in engagement with and acting to prevent the operation of the motor, a springactuated slide carrying said detent, means operating upon the winding up of the motor to a predetermined point to advance said slide against the tension of its spring and withdraw its detent from engagement with the motor, means acting to automatically retain the slide in its advanced position, sound-reproducing devices embrac- 'in g a carriage, means driven by the motor for advancing the carriage, and means for automatically returning the carriage after it reaches the limit of its advance movement, an earpiece or receiver in communication with the son nd-reprod ucing device, a movable support for said earpiece adapted to be depressed by the weight thereof, a second detent adapted to engage the motor and prevent operation thereof, connections between said detent and the movable support whereby the detent is adapted to be held in engagement with the motor while the supportis depressed, means for withdrawing the second detent from such engagement to release the motor upon the removal of the earpiece from its support, and devices actuated by the return of the carriage to move the clutch out of its operative position and into engagement with its retaining-latch.

10. In a coin -controlled graphophone or sound-reproducing apparatus, the combination with a driving-motor, of a crank for winding up the same, a spring-actuated clutch for connecting the crank with the motor, a latch for normally holding said clutch out of engagement with the crank against the tension of its actuating-spring, coin-actuated levers of the motor to a predetermined point to admove the clutch out of its operative position 10 Vance said slide against the tension of its andinto engagement with its retaining-latch. spring and withdraw its detent from engage In testimony whereof I have signed this ment with the motor, means acting to autospecification in the presence of two subscrib- 5 matically retain the slide in its advanced poing witnesses.

sition, sound-reproducing devices, a bail aet- LOUIS ROSENTHAL. ing to automatically lock the second detent Witnesses:

in its withdrawn position, and means acting GEORGE WILLIAIWI JOHNSON,

upon the return movement of the carriage to WILLIAM FREDERICK UPTON. 

